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Actress Song Hye-kyo played Sister Yunia in the movie 'The Priests'. Photo by NEW

"Indifference is murder." The black-clad nun, speaking with an indifferent face, fearlessly steps forward to save a boy possessed by an evil spirit. Despite all kinds of curses, she shows strength by sneering, "I don't understand what you're saying." Actress Song Hye-kyo (43) plays Sister Unia, who breaks taboos and performs an exorcism in the film The Black Nuns.

The sequel to the 2015 film The Priests, The Black Nuns was first unveiled on the 20th at a press screening held at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. This work features two brave nuns as the main characters. Song Hye-kyo portrays the strong black nun Unia, who performs a ritual shunned by everyone and confronts the 12-shaped evil spirits. Actress Jeon Yeo-bin plays Michaela, who joins her in the exorcism.

Song Hye-kyo returned to the big screen after 11 years since the film My Brilliant Life (2014). Now in her 29th year since debut, she continues to take on new challenges. After recently finishing the Netflix series The Glory, she chose The Black Nuns as her next project. Song said, "I didn't want to return to love stories again," adding, "I mainly received scripts for genre films, and while reading the script for The Black Nuns, I wanted to find a new expression."

Actor Song Hye-kyo poses at the preview press conference for the movie "The Priests" held on the afternoon of the 20th at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News

Still cut from the movie 'The Priests'. Provided by NEW

In the film, Song Hye-kyo acts in scenes where she smokes cigarettes with Kim Guk-hee, who plays a shaman nun, or carries a bulk container filled with holy water as they boldly enter a dark warehouse. Although Song is a non-smoker in real life, she said, "I practiced smoking six months before filming," adding, "I didn't want to fake smoking." She also shared, "I lived immersed as Sister Unia for three months."

The Black Nuns offers a unique setting that combines exorcism rituals with shamanistic beliefs, providing a fresh kind of entertainment. Known for her strength in romantic comedies, Song Hye-kyo naturally connected these two themes and powerfully led the story. She impressively portrayed the nun’s calm gaze, as if well-versed in evil spirits, and her use of all means to save humans. The film will be released on the 24th of this month.

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